State Libraries: State Budget Cuts Force Library of Virginia to Slash Reading Rooms Days
From Richmond.com:
The reading rooms at the Library of Virginia will close Saturdays and Mondays to help address job cuts due to a statewide drop in revenue projections announced last month.
The new schedule begins Nov. 14.The move comes after the library was told it must cut 18 employees – 12 full time and six part time – to offset a five percent budget reduction mandated by the state.
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See Also: “Library of Virginia Layoffs Will Hinder Open Government, Preservation of Historical Record” (October 20, 2016)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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